Isaiah 30:23

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹⁸Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him. ¹⁹O people in Zion, who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious at the sound of your cry; when He hears, He will answer you. ²⁰The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself-with your own eyes you will see Him. ²¹And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: "This is the way. Walk in it." ²²So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying, "Be gone!" ²³Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.²⁴The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder that has been winnowed with the shovel and pitchfork. ²⁵And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall. ²⁶The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter-like the light of seven days-on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He inflicted.

Bible Verse Review
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shall he: Isaiah 5:6, Isaiah 32:20, Isaiah 44:2-4, Isaiah 55:10, Isaiah 55:11, Isaiah 58:11, Psalms 65:9-13, Psalms 104:13, Psalms 104:14, Psalms 107:35-38, Jeremiah 14:22, Ezekiel 36:25, Ezekiel 36:26, Hosea 2:21-23, Joel 2:21-26, Amos 4:7, Amos 4:8, Zechariah 8:11, Zechariah 8:12, Zechariah 10:1, Malachi 3:10, Matthew 6:33, 1 Timothy 4:8

it shall: Isaiah 4:2, Psalms 36:8

thy cattle: Genesis 41:18, Genesis 41:26, Genesis 41:47, Psalms 144:12-14, Hosea 4:16, Malachi 4:2

Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:19 - General Leviticus 26:4 - Then I Psalms 23:2 - maketh Psalms 67:6 - Then Psalms 72:16 - There Psalms 85:12 - our land Isaiah 2:11 - in that day Isaiah 14:30 - the poor Ezekiel 34:14 - feed them Ezekiel 36:8 - ye shall Hosea 10:12 - rain Joel 2:22 - afraid Joel 2:23 - the former

Cross-References

Genesis 29:31
When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

Genesis 30:5
and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.

Genesis 30:6
Then Rachel said, "God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son." So she named him Dan.

Isaiah 4:1
On that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, "We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!"

Luke 1:21
Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.

Luke 1:25
"The Lord has done this for me. In these days He has shown me favor and taken away my disgrace among the people."

Luke 1:27
to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then shall he give thee rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal,.... Or, "rain to thy seed" f; that is, when the seed is sown in the earth, the Lord will give the former rain, and cause it to take root, and spring up:

and bread of the increase of the earth; the earth, being watered with rain, should give its increase of corn, of which bread should be made; so that there would be seed to the sower, and bread to the eater, as in Isaiah 55:10:

and it shall be fat and plenteous; or "fat and fat"; very fat and rich, exceeding good bread, and plenty of it; and after the siege of the city by Sennacherib's army was broke up, and that was destroyed, for years following there was great fruitfulness in the land, as was foretold, Isaiah 37:30 and this may denote the great fruitfulness of the Gospel, and the excellency of the spiritual food of it, and of the blessings of grace that come by it:

in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures; signifying that there should be pastures for cattle in the several parts of the country, and these large ones, where cattle should feed, and enjoy great plenty. This clause belongs to the next verse Isaiah 30:24, and should of right begin it. The Targum interprets it thus,

"and the righteous shall be nourished with their cattle at that time, with the fat of tender and fat things;''

as the earth would be fruitful, the cattle would be well fed; and so there would be plenty of provision for man and beast.

f מטר זרעך "sementi tuae", Piscator; "semini tuo", V. L. Tigurine version.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then shall he give the rain of thy seed - That is, he shall send rain on the seed which is sown. You will be allowed to cultivate the soil without molestation, and God will give you fruitful seasons and abundant harvests. This is a poetic description of a happy or golden age, when there would be peace and prosperity (compare the notes at Isaiah 11:6-7).

And bread of the increase of the earth - And bread which the ground shall produce.

And it shall be fat and plenteous - It shall be rich and abundant; that is, there shall be prosperity and an ample supply for your needs.

Feed in large pastures - This is a description of security when their cattle should be permitted to roam at large, and have abundant pasturage - an image of prosperity that would be very gratifying to a people whose main conception of wealth consisted in abundance of flocks and herds.